Kathy Dahlkemper on Civil Rights

Women have right to equal pay for equal work

Women’s voices are critical in the fight to make America a better place. Today, only 16% of this Congress is female. That must change.

We must bring back into focus what issues are important to women living in America today--equal pay for equal work,
better healthcare and education. Women have had the right in our country to equal pay for equal work for more than 40 years. Despite this, women continue to make less than men for equal work--just 74 cents to every $1 a man makes. This is patently wrong.